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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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